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20100295593 | DELAY CIRCUIT - A delay circuit ( | 11-25-2010 |
20100302894 | WORD LINE SELECTION CIRCUIT AND ROW DECODER - A first exemplary aspect of the present invention is a word line selection circuit where address decode signals composed of a power supply voltage and a first voltage lower than a ground voltage are input, and that a word line selection signal composed of the first voltage and a second voltage higher than the power supply voltage is output not via a level shift circuit according to the address decode signals. | 12-02-2010 |
20110103124 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device has: memory blocks; and a local bus connected to the memory blocks. Each memory block has: switches respectively provided between bit line pairs and the local bus and each of which is turned ON in response to a selection signal; a dummy local bus; first and second control circuits. The local bus and the dummy local bus are precharged to a first potential before a read operation. In the read operation, the first control circuit outputs the selection signal to a selected switch to electrically connect a selected bit line pair and the local bus, while the second control circuit supplies a second potential lower than the first potential to the dummy local bus. The first control circuit stops outputting the selection signal when a potential of the dummy local bus is decreased to a predetermined set potential that is between the first and second potentials. | 05-05-2011 |
20110284508 | WELDING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD - A welding system has: a welding mechanism, a reception laser light source, a reception optical mechanism, an interferometer, a data recording/analysis mechanism and a data recording/analysis mechanism. The reception laser light source generates reception laser light so as to irradiate the object to be welded with the reception laser light for the purpose of detecting a reflected ultrasonic wave obtained as a result of reflection of a transmission ultrasonic wave. The reception optical mechanism transmits, during or after welding operation, the reception laser light generated from the reception laser light source to the surface of the object to be welded for irradiation while moving, together with the welding mechanism, relative to the object to be welded and collects laser light scattered/reflected at the surface of the object to be welded. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286005 | WELDING INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A welding inspection method has steps of: generating transmission laser light for generating an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the transmission laser light to an object to be inspected during or after welding operation for irradiation; generating reception laser light for detecting an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the reception laser light to the object to be inspected for irradiation; collecting laser light scattered and reflected at surface of the object to be inspected; performing interference measurement of the laser light and obtaining an ultrasonic signal; and analyzing the ultrasonic signal obtained by the interference measurement. At least one of the transmission laser light generated in the transmission laser light irradiation step and the reception laser light generated in the reception laser light irradiation step is irradiated onto a welded metal part or a groove side surface. | 11-24-2011 |
20120327733 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device has: memory blocks; and a local bus connected to the memory blocks. Each memory block has: switches respectively provided between bit line pairs and the local bus and each of which is turned ON in response to a selection signal; a dummy local bus; first and second control circuits. The local bus and the dummy local bus are precharged to a first potential before a read operation. In the read operation, the first control circuit outputs the selection signal to a selected switch to electrically connect a selected bit line pair and the local bus, while the second control circuit supplies a second potential lower than the first potential to the dummy local bus. The first control circuit stops outputting the selection signal when a potential of the dummy local bus is decreased to a predetermined set potential that is between the first and second potentials. | 12-27-2012 |
20130160551 | ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, an ultrasonic flaw detection device is provided with: an ultrasonic probe, which applies ultrasonic waves, by driving a plurality of ultrasonic elements, to a test object to be inspected, and which receives reflected ultrasonic waves from the test object; and an analysis unit, which analyzes the signals of the reflected ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic probe, and which calculates the flaw detection results. The analysis unit calculates the flaw detection results using an ultrasonic wave propagation path obtained on the basis of the surface information of the test object having the ultrasonic waves applied thereto, thereby obtaining highly accurate detection results even the surface of the test object is formed in complex shape. | 06-27-2013 |
20140029329 | WORD LINE SELECTION CIRCUIT AND ROW DECODER - A first exemplary aspect of the present invention is a word line selection circuit where address decode signals composed of a power supply voltage and a first voltage lower than a ground voltage are input, and that a word line selection signal composed of the first voltage and a second voltage higher than the power supply voltage is output not via a level shift circuit according to the address decode signals. | 01-30-2014 |
20140313815 | WORD LINE SELECTION CIRCUIT AND ROW DECODER - A first exemplary aspect of the present invention is a word line selection circuit where address decode signals composed of a power supply voltage and a first voltage lower than a ground voltage are input, and that a word line selection signal composed of the first voltage and a second voltage higher than the power supply voltage is output not via a level shift circuit according to the address decode signals. | 10-23-2014 |
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20100328558 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - At least either a first substrate or a second substrate has regions corresponding to subpixels ( | 12-30-2010 |
20110134089 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - A display panel includes a plurality of display lines provided in each of blocks and extending in parallel with each other, a plurality of drive circuits provided outside a display region and connected to the display lines in the respective blocks, a plurality of first lines provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions closer to the drive circuits of the display lines in the respective blocks, the first lines being insulated from the display lines, and a second line provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions farther from the drive circuits of the display lines of all the blocks, the second line being insulated from the display lines. The second line is configured to intersect the first lines while being insulated from the first lines, and be supplied with a display signal from each of the drive circuits via an amplifier circuit. | 06-09-2011 |
20110141071 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - A display panel includes a plurality of display lines provided in each of blocks and extending in parallel with each other, a plurality of drive circuits provided outside a display region and connected to the display lines in the respective blocks, a plurality of first lines provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions closer to the drive circuits of the display lines in the respective blocks, the first lines being insulated from the display lines, and a second line provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions farther from the drive circuits of the display lines of all the blocks, the second line being insulated from the display lines. The second line is configured to intersect the first lines while being insulated from the first lines, and be supplied with a display signal from each of the drive circuits via an amplifier circuit. | 06-16-2011 |
20110291097 | TFT ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An embodiment of the present invention provides a TFT array substrate, in which TFT elements and pixel electrodes being correspondingly connected with the TFT elements are arrayed in matrix on an insulating substrate, the TFT array substrate including: gate bus lines made from a first metal material; source bus lines made from a second metal material; pixel electrodes made from a third metal material; a clock wiring made from the first metal material; a branch wiring made from the second metal material; and a connection conductor made from the third metal material, the connection conductor connecting the clock wiring and the branch wiring at a connection part in a periphery area, the connection part having a branch-wiring via hole, which exposes the branch wiring which is covered with the connection conductor, and overlaps the clock wiring at least partly in a plane view. | 12-01-2011 |
20120062827 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel includes a plurality of first linear alignment regulating structures ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120112197 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - A stem wiring ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120127408 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an MVA liquid crystal display device of the present invention, each pixel includes at least one electrode ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120133854 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an MVA liquid crystal display device of the present invention, in at least one electrode ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120154703 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention has an object of providing a liquid crystal display device having a high transmittance or a high viewing angle characteristic. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a pixel electrode ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120229712 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In the present liquid crystal display device, a conventional first auxiliary capacitance trunk line | 09-13-2012 |
20120293471 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A gate driving circuit ( | 11-22-2012 |
20120299887 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A signal distribution circuit ( | 11-29-2012 |
20120307172 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device with high transmittance or viewing angle characteristics. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate ( | 12-06-2012 |
20130009925 | DISPLAY PANEL - On a display panel 10, a first scanning signal line drive circuit 12 is formed along a side of a display region 11 and a second scanning signal line drive circuit 13 is formed along the opposite side by the same process as pixel circuits. The size of a transistor included, the width of a wiring line, or the like, differs between the first and second scanning signal line drive circuits 12 and 13, and the two scanning signal line drive circuits have different sizes in a lateral direction. By this, the center of the display region matches that of a non-integral-type display panel, ensuring compatibility with the non-integral-type display panel. Moreover, by suitably determining the widths of or spacings between wiring lines included in the two scanning signal line drive circuits, leakage between the wiring lines and breaks in the wiring lines are reduced, improving yield of display panels. | 01-10-2013 |
20130027280 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A scan signal line drive circuit ( | 01-31-2013 |
20130033469 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Picture element electrodes ( | 02-07-2013 |
20130038583 | SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT - Provided is a shift register circuit which includes: first through N-th circuit sections ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130039455 | SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A shift register stage includes a first transistor having a capacitor electrode (CAPm) that faces, in a film thickness direction, at least one of source and drain electrodes (Tr | 02-14-2013 |
20130043495 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an active matrix substrate in which a peripheral can be narrowed or a gap between adjacent wirings increased to improve a yield. The present invention is an active matrix substrate in which a peripheral region is provided outside a display region. In the active matrix substrate, a first, a second, and a third transistor, a floating wiring, a switching wiring, a main wiring, and a branch wiring electrically connected with the main wiring are arranged in the peripheral region. The floating wiring and branch wiring each electrically connect the first and second transistors and comprise an intersecting portion intersecting with the switching wiring, with the third transistor being provided at the intersecting portion. A gate electrode of the third transistor includes the switching wiring, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode thereof includes the branch wiring, and the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode includes the floating wiring. | 02-21-2013 |
20130153912 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate includes: an electrode layer formed on the insulating substrate within a display region; a mark disposed on the insulating substrate within a non-display region, and made of a same material as the electrode layer; a first insulating film directly covering each of the electrode layer and the mark; and a second insulating film covering a part of the first insulating film. Within at least a part of the sealing region, the second insulating film is removed from the insulating substrate. The mark is disposed in the at least the part of the sealing region in which the second insulating film is removed, and is provided to overlap at least a part of the sealing region. A protective film is formed on the insulating substrate to cover a side surface and a surface of the first insulating film covering the mark, the surface of the first insulating film being located opposite from the insulating substrate. | 06-20-2013 |
20130250226 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A storage capacitor counter electrode ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130335684 | BONDING PANEL, DISPLAY UNIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A functional panel (FP) includes a COM substrate ( | 12-19-2013 |
20140049714 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140176886 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An objective is to provide a display device where the width of the surrounding region may be reduced even with an increased number of lead lines. The display device includes: a rectangular array substrate ( | 06-26-2014 |
20140267969 | TFT ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An embodiment of the present invention provides a TFT array substrate, in which TFT elements and pixel electrodes being correspondingly connected with the TFT elements are arrayed in matrix on an insulating substrate, the TFT array substrate including: gate bus lines made from a first metal material; source bus lines made from a second metal material; pixel electrodes made from a third metal material; a clock wiring made from the first metal material; a branch wiring made from the second metal material; and a connection conductor made from the third metal material, the connection conductor connecting the clock wiring and the branch wiring at a connection part in a periphery area, the connection part having a branch-wiring via hole, which exposes the branch wiring which is covered with the connection conductor, and overlaps the clock wiring at least partly in a plane view. | 09-18-2014 |
20140300852 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can be miniaturized while preventing display defects such as flicker. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a wiring connected to an electrode to supply a common signal. The electrode includes a first electrode portion formed in a transparent conductive layer. The wiring is formed outside a display region and includes at least one of the first wiring portion and a second wiring portion and a third wiring portion facing the at least one of the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion. The first wiring portion, the second wiring portion, and the third wiring portion are respectively formed in a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. | 10-09-2014 |
20150044789 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing an array substrate | 02-12-2015 |
20150070616 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device in which a seal is easily inspected. The present invention provides a display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a seal, wherein the first substrate includes a shift register monolithically formed on an insulating substrate, and a plurality of bus lines, the shift register includes a plurality of cascade-connected unit circuits, the plurality of unit circuits each include a clock terminal, an output, an output transistor having one of a source and a drain connected to the clock terminal and the other of the source and the drain connected to the output terminal, and a bootstrap capacitor having a first terminal connected to a gate of the output transistor and a second terminal connected to the output terminal, the output capacitor includes a first electrode, an insulating layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the insulating layer, the first electrode is provided with at least one of a first cutout and a first opening, and the second electrode is provided with at least one of a second cutout and a second opening facing the at least one of the first cutout and the first opening. | 03-12-2015 |
20150227008 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device with high transmittance or viewing angle characteristics. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate ( | 08-13-2015 |
20150255487 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - An active matrix substrate ( | 09-10-2015 |
20150286084 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate ( | 10-08-2015 |
20150301389 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - On an active matrix substrate ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150301420 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150364396 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device ( | 12-17-2015 |
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20090297230 | TONER SUPPLYING ROLLER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner supplying roller which is used in a developing apparatus and has the following characteristics: (1) an average diameter of a foam cell opening portion on a surface of a foam elastic member is 100 to 800 μm, (2) an unopened cell closed by a skin layer of a film thickness of 50 μm or less is present in the surface of the foam elastic member, and (3) assuming that a surface area of the foam elastic member is A, a total area of the foam cell opening portions is B, and a surface area of the unopened cell is C, the following relationship is satisfied: | 12-03-2009 |
20100093423 | SLOT MACHINE THAT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF DISPLAYED SYMBOLS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a symbol display capable of scroll-displaying a symbol array that includes a plurality of symbols; and a controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a normal game in which the symbol array is scroll-displayed in a single direction and then stop-displayed to the symbol display, and in which game media are paid out in an amount corresponding to the stop-displayed symbol or a combination of the stop-displayed symbols; and (B) displaying an extra symbol being added to the symbol array, while scrolling the symbol array in a direction opposite to the single direction, when a predetermined condition has been satisfied in the normal game executed in the processing (A). | 04-15-2010 |
20100171048 | ION IMPLANTING APPARATUS - In an ion implanting apparatus | 07-08-2010 |
20100189960 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a polyurethane prepolymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group, 10 to 150 parts by mass of an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated compound comprises 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated compound having 6 or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule thereof with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyurethane prepolymer. | 07-29-2010 |
20100196030 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second developer carrying members and a control device. The apparatus is operable in a first mode where an image of a single color is formed using the first developer carrying member and is operable in a second mode, wherein an image of a plurality of colors is formed using the first and second developer carrying members. The control device controls a first discharging operation for discharging developer from the first developer carrying member and a second discharging operation for discharging developer from each of the first and second developer carrying members. When the apparatus executes only the first mode, the control device performs more image formations, in a period between completion of the second discharging operation and start of the first discharging operation, compared to a period between completion of the first discharging operation and start of a subsequent first discharging operation. | 08-05-2010 |
20100205774 | HINGE DEVICE - A hinge device prevents breakage of a structuring part from an increase in an internal pressure during overload. In the hinge device, first and second members are rotatable relative to each other. A case is fixed to either the first or second member, and a shaft body capable of rotating relative to the case is fixed to the other. A first chamber and a second chamber formed between the case and the shaft body are filled with viscous fluid. An orifice between the first and second chambers narrows a flow path for the viscous fluid moving from the first to second chamber, resisting rotation of the shaft body. A space region is provided in the shaft body, with a valve body movably placed therein. When pressure of the first chamber reaches a predetermined level, the valve body moves in the space region to increase the volume of the first chamber. | 08-19-2010 |
20100303486 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner carrying member for supplying toner to the image bearing member to visualize the latent image; a rotatable toner supply member, contacted to the toner carrying member, for supplying the toner to the toner carrying member, the toner supply member including a surface foam layer; a voltage applying device for applying voltages to the toner carrying member and the toner supply member; a controller for controlling the voltage application apparatus such that A and B have a polarity which is the same as a regular charging polarity of the toner, where A=Vs | 12-02-2010 |
20120321329 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediary transfer member; image forming portions each including an image bearing member; first transfer portions; cleaning portions; and a controller capable of executing a single-color image forming mode operation in which a developer image of a single color is transferred onto the intermediary transfer member by an image forming operation of one of the image forming portions to form a single-color image. The controller executes, during the execution of the single-color image forming mode operation, a sequence in which the developer image is formed on the image bearing member at the image forming portion which does not operate for the image formation, and a bias voltage for charging the developer to an opposite polarity to a normal charge polarity of the developer is applied to the first transfer portion to permit the charged developer to reach the cleaning portion is executed. | 12-20-2012 |
20130028641 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes multiple image forming stations, and a controller for executing selectively a multi-color image mode or a monochromatic image forming mode, wherein in the monochromatic image forming mode, a first one of image forming stations which forms the image, and a second one which is upstream of the first image forming station exposes the image bearing members to a first image pattern and a second image pattern, respectively, and the controller determines the second image pattern in accordance with the first image pattern, and effects the exposure to the second image pattern. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039671 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developer container, a first calculator, and a second calculator, wherein the first calculator calculates an amount of the developer supplied to the image bearing member from the developer container, on the basis of an amount of the developer measured by a measuring device after an image forming operation, and an amount of the developer initially contained in the developer container, and wherein the controller outputs information signal relating to the developer amount accumulated in the collection container on the basis of the amount of the developer calculated by the first calculator and the amount of the developer calculated by the second calculator. | 02-14-2013 |
20130148992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image at a plurality of image forming speeds, includes: an image bearing member; a developer carrying member; a developer feeding member, having a foam layer at its surface, for feeding the developer to the developer carrying member by being rotated at a speed corresponding to each of the image forming speeds in contact with the developer carrying member; and a controller for rotating, before development, the developer feeding member for a predetermined time corresponding to the image forming speed. The controller extends the predetermined time when an image forming mode is switched from a first mode in which image formation is effected at a first image forming speed to a second mode in which the image formation is effected at a second image forming speed slower than the first image forming speed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130308967 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second developer carrying members and a control device. The apparatus is operable in a first mode where an image of a single color is formed using the first developer carrying member and is operable in a second mode, wherein an image of a plurality of colors is formed using the first and second developer carrying members. The control device controls a first discharging operation for discharging developer from the first developer carrying member and a second discharging operation for discharging developer from each of the first and second developer carrying members. When the apparatus executes only the first mode, the control device performs more image formations, in a period between completion of the second discharging operation and start of the first discharging operation, compared to a period between completion of the first discharging operation and start of a subsequent first discharging operation. | 11-21-2013 |
20130334074 | MOISTURE-PROOF CONTAINER - A moisture-proof container including: a container body; a lid hermetically closing the container body to be openable and closable; and a desiccant storage case that is put on a bottom portion of the container body. The desiccant storage case includes: an inner case having an opening at one end; a desiccant stored in the inner case; and a moisture transmission dustproof sheet to seal the opening of the inner case. The inner case has, at an outer circumferential wall thereof, a groove connecting between an open end and a bottom portion, the container body includes a base on a bottom plate, and the desiccant storage case is put in the container body such that the moisture transmission dustproof sheet abuts the base, and a gap is formed between the bottom plate of the container body, and the moisture transmission dustproof sheet. | 12-19-2013 |
20140016952 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Based on a photosensitive drum life threshold value when each of the plurality of image formation execution modes is independently used, and a photosensitive drum life threshold value according to a usage rate of each of the image formation execution modes, the image forming apparatus having a plurality of image formation execution modes calculates a photosensitive drum life threshold value according to the usage rate. Then, the image forming apparatus compares the calculated photosensitive drum life threshold value with a remaining CT film thickness prediction value for the photosensitive drum to determine the life of the photosensitive drum. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016953 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum life estimation mechanism which estimates wear amounts of a charge transfer layer in both of a toner bearing area and an end portion of a toner non-bearing area of a developing roller and informs a user that the photosensitive drum has reached the end of its life if, out of total wear amounts of the areas corresponding to predetermined life threshold values of the toner bearing and non-bearing areas, either of the total wear amounts reaches the threshold value. | 01-16-2014 |
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20140235321 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a gaming machine, a symbol display device variably displays a plurality of symbols, and an input device inputs an instruction related to a game. A controller executes a normal game in which the symbol display device variably displays and then stop-displays symbols, triggers a bonus game when a plurality of specific symbols are stop-displayed in the normal game, selects any one of a plurality of options by an operation of the input device by a user in the bonus game, and awards a benefit according to the selected option. Further, when the selected option selected in the processing is a specific option, the controller selects another one of the plurality of options by the operation of the input device by the user, and awards a benefit according to the selected another option. | 08-21-2014 |
20140377583 | ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY-COATED STEEL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aluminum or aluminum alloy-coated steel material includes base steel; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the base steel and containing by mass % Mg: 6% to 10%, Si: 3% to 7%, Fe: 0.2% to 2%, Mn: 0.02% to 2%, and the balance as Al and incidental impurities, where-in the coating layer has pseudoternary eutectic microstructures of αAl—Mg | 12-25-2014 |
20140378207 | SLOT MACHINE THAT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF DISPLAYED SYMBOLS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a symbol display capable of scroll-displaying a symbol array that includes a plurality of symbols; and a controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a normal game in which the symbol array is scroll-displayed in a single direction and then stop-displayed to the symbol display, and in which game media are paid out in an amount corresponding to the stop-displayed symbol or a combination of the stop-displayed symbols; and (B) displaying an extra symbol being added to the symbol array, while scrolling the symbol array in a direction opposite to the single direction, when a predetermined condition has been satisfied in the normal game executed in the processing (A). | 12-25-2014 |
20150087388 | GAMING MACHINE EXECUTING FREE GAME SHIFTED FROM NORMAL GAME AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - When a normal game is executed and a benefit awarded as a result of the game is the right to execute a free game, video reel groups of types A to E are randomly associated with first to fifth video reels | 03-26-2015 |
20150097792 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed two-dimensionally. Each of the pixel circuits comprises a display element and a pixel memory configured to store a signal to drive the display element. An X-directional driver and a Y-directional driver can select arbitrary pixel circuits and drive the pixel circuits. A touch panel controller converts a sensing output of a touch-type input panel to coordinate data. A display controller receives the coordinate data and partially rewrites the coordinate data in units of pixel circuits of the display device via the X-directional driver and the Y-directional driver. | 04-09-2015 |
20150206380 | GAMING MACHINE - Provided is a gaming machine that is able to offer a variety of gaming patterns with avoidance of monotony during a free game that is a game played in a bonus game. A gaming machine, when a free game trigger is established, performs a control of shifting a game from a base game to a free game. In the free game, symbols are displayed in rotation and stopped in a symbol display region | 07-23-2015 |
20150287287 | GAMING MACHINE - Provided is a gaming machine that presents a prediction of the start of free games provided in bonus games to be easily noted by the player, to attain the player's expectation for the free games. When a free game trigger or retrigger is established, the gaming machine controls selection and implementation of predictive effects for indicating that free games are to be started (or retriggered) depending on the positions of the symbols to stop, before displaying stopped symbols. | 10-08-2015 |
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20120135271 | HOT DIP AL-ZN COATED STEEL SHEET - A hot dip Al—Zn coated steel sheet exhibits excellent corrosion resistance. The Al content in a coated film is 20-95% by mass. The Ca content is 0.01-10% by mass. Alternatively, the total content of Ca and Mg is 0.01-10% by mass. Preferably, the coated film includes an upper layer and an alloy phase present at the interface to a substrate steel sheet, and Ca or Ca and Mg are contained primarily in the upper layer. Also preferably, the Ca or Ca and Mg include an intermetallic compound with at least one type selected from Zn, Al, and Si. If Ca or Ca and Mg are contained in the coated film, as described above, these elements are contained in corrosion products generated in a bonded portion and exert effects of stabilizing the corrosion products and retarding proceeding of corrosion thereafter. Then, as a result, the corrosion resistance is improved. | 05-31-2012 |
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20150302916 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE APPARATUS - A semiconductor memory device, including a plurality of pairs of bit lines; a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines and the plurality of pairs of bit lines; a plurality of sense amplifiers each coupled between a corresponding pair of bit lines; a plurality of first driver transistors coupled between at least one of the sense amplifiers and a first power supply line; a plurality of second driver transistors coupled between at least two of the sense amplifiers and a second power supply line; a pair of common data lines; a plurality of column selection gates each coupled between a corresponding one of pair of bit lines and a corresponding one of pair of common data lines, and a plurality of mask selection gates each coupled between a corresponding one of pair of bit lines and a corresponding one of column selection gates. | 10-22-2015 |